Methods, devices, and systems for providing increased access to first aid supplies

Abstract

Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are methods, devices, and systems for dispensing bandages comprising: a dispenser body defining an interior compartment with an open or partially open top and comprising a front wall with an exposed upper edge and at least one interior compartment divider; at least one bandage pack disposed in the interior compartment, wherein the bandage pack comprises at least one individually wrapped bandage; and at least one retaining clip, wherein the clip retains a bandage pack in the dispenser body.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A system for dispensing bandages comprising:
 a. a dispenser body defining an interior compartment with an open or partially open top and comprising a front wall with an exposed upper edge; 
 b. a bandage pack disposed in the interior compartment, the bandage pack comprising at least one individually wrapped bandage; and 
 c. a removable retaining clip, the retaining clip having the form of a channel adapted to reversibly interlock with the exposed upper edge of the front wall so that the retaining clip retains a bandage pack in the dispenser body. 
 
     
     
       2. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the retaining clip, when interlocked with the upper edge of the front wall, allows removal of individual bandages from the interior compartment through the top of the dispenser body, but does not allow removal of a bandage pack disposed therein. 
     
     
       3. The system of  claim 2 , wherein the retaining clip reversibly interlocks with the dispenser body via interaction of a protrusion and a recess. 
     
     
       4. The system of  claim 2 , wherein the retaining clip interferes with removal of a bandage pack by fitting over the front wall of the dispenser body and a portion of the bandage pack simultaneously. 
     
     
       5. The system of  claim 1 , comprising one through eleven retaining clips. 
     
     
       6. The system of  claim 5 , comprising six retaining clips. 
     
     
       7. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the dispenser body defines an interior compartment comprising at least one interior compartment divider. 
     
     
       8. The system of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one divider is removable or repositionable. 
     
     
       9. The system of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one interior compartment divider creates a plurality of interior compartment divisions and the system comprises one bandage pack for each interior compartment division and one retaining clip for each bandage pack. 
     
     
       10. The system of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one divider is fixed. 
     
     
       11. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the dispenser body comprises from one through eleven dividers. 
     
     
       12. The system of  claim 11 , wherein the dispenser body comprises five dividers. 
     
     
       13. The system of  claim 1 , comprising one through eleven bandage packs. 
     
     
       14. The system of  claim 13 , comprising six bandage packs. 
     
     
       15. The system of  claim 1 , wherein each said bandage pack comprises three through fifty individually wrapped bandages. 
     
     
       16. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the interior compartment is substantially box-shaped. 
     
     
       17. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the dispenser body further comprises a lid. 
     
     
       18. The system of  claim 17 , wherein the lid is at least partially transparent. 
     
     
       19. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the front wall is at least partially transparent.